HGS 80 Mirror with Cluster

[Duchamp54]

I have a Compaq SAN with Mirrored HGS 80s and my question is can I have a 2 node cluster were one node is attatched to on controller and the other attatched to the other?
Thanks in advance
PS OS on nodes is Windows 2003 Enterprise

 

[comtec17]

If you are mirroring the controllers then there is no way to access the LUNs on the second controller, they have to be in an active/active state.

 

[Duchamp54]

Thanks thats what I thought.

 

[fraxx]

I'm not entirely sure what you mean by "mirrored HSG80 controllers". If you mean two controllers in one enclosure, this is a normal configuration called a controller pair. You can run a two node cluster attached to the controller pair. However, a given LUN is only active on one controller at a time, so you'd have to use multiple LUNs (which is probably what you want to do anyway) to load balance between the controllers.

/charles

 

[Duchamp54]

By mirror I mean Dual Redundant Controller Operation. So I'll look into running multiple LUNs.
Thanks for your help